Europa League draw 2018/19 '“ in full: all groups, fixtures and dates

Celtic and Rangers will join English sides Chelsea and Arsenal in the 2018 Europa League.

The four British clubs in this season’s competition have learned who they will face this season after the draw was made on Friday.

The two Scottish sides face very difficult draws – but more for the quality of opposition than the daunting travel schedule.

Steven Gerrard’s Rangers will play Villarreal, Rapid Vienna and Spartak Moscow, while Celtic face FC Salzburg, RB Leipzig and Rosenborg.

Arsenal face the unenviable task of trips to Azerbaijan to play Qarabag and Ukraine for FC Vorskla as well as the more recognisable Sporting.

Chelsea will head out to Belarus to play BATE Borisov, Greece for PAOK and Hungary for Vidi FC. The two Scottish sides face very difficult draws – but more for the quality of opposition than the daunting travel schedule.

Group A:

Bayer Leverkusen

Ludogorets FC

Zurich

Larnaca

Group B:

FC Salzburg

Celtic

RB Leipzig

Rosenborg

Group C:

Zenit St Petersburg

FC Copenhagen

Bordeaux

Slavia Prague

Group D:

Anderlecht

Fenerbahce

Dinamo Zagreb

Spartak Trnava

Group E:

Arsenal

Sporting

Qarabag

Vorskla

Group F:

Olympiakos

AC Milan

Real Betis

Dudelange

Group G:

Villarreal

Rapid Vienna

Spartak Moscow

Rangers

Group H:

Lazio

Marseille

EintrachtFrankfurt

Apollon Limassol

Group I:

Besiktas

Genk

Malmo

Sarpsborg

Group J:

Sevilla

Krasnodar

Standard Liege

Akhisarspor

Group K:

Dynamo Kiev

Astana

Rennes

Jablonec

Group L:

Chelsea

PAOK

BATE Borisov

Vidi FC

THE CALENDAR

Group stage:

Thursday 20 September: Matchday 1

Thursday 4 October: Matchday 2

Thursday 25 October: Matchday 3

Thursday 8 November: Matchday 4

Thursday 29 November: Matchday 5

Thursday 13 December: Matchday 6

Knockout Phase:

14 February: Round of 32, first leg

21 February: Round of 32, second leg

7 March: Round of 16, first leg

14 March: Round of 16, second leg

11 April: Quarter-finals, first leg

18 April: Quarter-finals, second leg

2 May: Semi-finals, first leg

9 May: Semi-finals, second leg

29 May: Final

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